The car is packed!
The kids are ready!
Long drive (12-14hr) from WI to SD
The things you see on the road in SD!
Blue Earth, MN home of the Jolly Green Giant
Eventually we make it to the Badlands (SD) 14 hrs later and just at sunset.
The “Big Pig” dig site (actually a type of rhinoceros)
Wall Drug, SD
The Iron Mountain Road from Mt Rushmore to Custer State Park
Mt. Rushmore in the distance
Begging Burros at Custer State Park
Next to our campsite a Buffalo watering hole
Mountain biking with lots of water crossings
Top of Mt. Coolidge
Pronghorn antelope
Breakfast in the creek at our campsite
On the Needles Highway (16A)
Hike up to Little Devil's Tower (Custer State Park)
Hippodamia convergens aggregations at the top of Little Devil's tower (6000')
Bighorn Sheep
Biking the Mickelson trail
Mt Rushmore at night
Usual crazyness at night
Deadwood - re-enactment of Wild Bill Hicock's shooting
Broken Boot mine tour
Modern tools not used in the 1880's!
Panning for gold!
Into the Valley of Devil's Tower
Camping in the shadow of Devil's Tower
On a pillar fallen from the tower
Interior, SD
Last Camping dinner (back in the Badlands)
Just as we leave on the way home..... Total 2100 miles round trip!
